Being #50andFabulous : Post 5 - Build a new "normal", at your own sweet pace
And this will be my last post for this short series....so here goes .....
Normal is pretty good and getting that road paved may have taken you years; but for me, now is the time to look for those flowers ... to travel a path often dreamt of but never traversed.
Over the years, we have got used to a kind of life, a routine, many habits, expectations, behaviors. But guess what? The world has changed so much and so have you. And we've only got started!! So, what used to be "normal" isn't.
Today, I look around from where I stand and so much amazes me - in both good ways and not so pleasant ways too. Societies, polities, communities, families, friends, organizations - all have the same trajectory : change, transformation, evolution.
And I have been on a roller coaster for many years now - loving some of the changes that given me hope and at the very next moment, being horrified by some other manifestations that shaken the very core of my faith.
Now, my reaction is more balanced as I step back and understand better the flowing river I call Life.
I have started to look for newer paths, that hold the promise of beautiful flowers
I have started to accept that a lot around me is and will continue to change
I have started to acknowledge the pattern in such transformation
I have started to step back and take stock of all that surround me, including my inner circle
I have started to look within me more often than I have ever done before
And my world has suddenly started to look different, slowly but surely
And that is my new "normal" ....
Like I began my journey many many moons ago and started paving that road, I am now happy to step aside and explore a new path. My steps now are softer, yet firmer as I feel more grounded and connected with where I am, with where I am going.
And yet I am in no hurry at all. I have given myself a little "slack"....actually a lot....
Pace, milestones, objectives, schedules and "carrots" galore have kept us going for long. Performance at academics, careers, even relationships seemed to have been measured through prisms of whats best or fast or most effective. There has always been a sense of racing towards something, getting there or having to do without....and I am not being judgmental here, truly. I have been there too. I have done my share of the running. And it has got me to where I am today - atleast, I am sure, it played a role.
Yet, today I stand on a very different mountain-top. I may have raced to get here, but suddenly, the gears have shifted - some unconsciously, a lot though choice. No longer, do I feel the any pressure .....I feel more relaxed, at peace, happy to explore the unchartered roads ahead, ready for things that may go wrong, eager to draw up a new tomorrow, ready to shape my new normal.....
Trust me, being 50 is fabulous indeed!
PS:
I close this mini series (Being#50andFabulous) with a hope and a prayer:
I hope my recent life lessons resonate with some of yours and encourages you to take stock of your world.
I pray that our journeys, however different, takes us all to that haven where we can be at peace with ourselves, in whatever we end up doing as we continue to live, laugh and love, every day of the rest of our lives.
Normal is pretty good and getting that road paved may have taken you years; but for me, now is the time to look for those flowers ... to travel a path often dreamt of but never traversed.
Over the years, we have got used to a kind of life, a routine, many habits, expectations, behaviors. But guess what? The world has changed so much and so have you. And we've only got started!! So, what used to be "normal" isn't.
Today, I look around from where I stand and so much amazes me - in both good ways and not so pleasant ways too. Societies, polities, communities, families, friends, organizations - all have the same trajectory : change, transformation, evolution.
And I have been on a roller coaster for many years now - loving some of the changes that given me hope and at the very next moment, being horrified by some other manifestations that shaken the very core of my faith.
Now, my reaction is more balanced as I step back and understand better the flowing river I call Life.
I have started to look for newer paths, that hold the promise of beautiful flowers
I have started to accept that a lot around me is and will continue to change
I have started to acknowledge the pattern in such transformation
I have started to step back and take stock of all that surround me, including my inner circle
I have started to look within me more often than I have ever done before
And my world has suddenly started to look different, slowly but surely
And that is my new "normal" ....
Like I began my journey many many moons ago and started paving that road, I am now happy to step aside and explore a new path. My steps now are softer, yet firmer as I feel more grounded and connected with where I am, with where I am going.
And yet I am in no hurry at all. I have given myself a little "slack"....actually a lot....
Pace, milestones, objectives, schedules and "carrots" galore have kept us going for long. Performance at academics, careers, even relationships seemed to have been measured through prisms of whats best or fast or most effective. There has always been a sense of racing towards something, getting there or having to do without....and I am not being judgmental here, truly. I have been there too. I have done my share of the running. And it has got me to where I am today - atleast, I am sure, it played a role.
Yet, today I stand on a very different mountain-top. I may have raced to get here, but suddenly, the gears have shifted - some unconsciously, a lot though choice. No longer, do I feel the any pressure .....I feel more relaxed, at peace, happy to explore the unchartered roads ahead, ready for things that may go wrong, eager to draw up a new tomorrow, ready to shape my new normal.....
Trust me, being 50 is fabulous indeed!
PS:
I close this mini series (Being#50andFabulous) with a hope and a prayer:
I hope my recent life lessons resonate with some of yours and encourages you to take stock of your world.
I pray that our journeys, however different, takes us all to that haven where we can be at peace with ourselves, in whatever we end up doing as we continue to live, laugh and love, every day of the rest of our lives.
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